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Post by Monkey Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:11 pm

Brightonbelle wrote:Hahaha - so because we have to pay more for them they automatically gain in value - so funny! Laughing

I particularly like their acknowledgement that we are now only likely to buy one bead. cyclops Such startling honesty.

lol!
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Post by snowy Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:43 pm

I know that Heidis Shop got some great dillo and bubble OOAKs. But the best were gone fast and even for those 39,- Euro is too expensive.
I haven´t seen any new OOAKs at German shops Crying or Very sad

But bubbles and dillos are no new designs - so what are they up to Question
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Post by Brightonbelle Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:47 pm

I saw the bubbles. They were nice but I used to buy them for £25/£26. Same with the dillos. I resented the £1 price increase to £26 and am not going any further.

The world is full of artisan bubbles and dillos.
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Post by Wildthing Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:54 pm

My ld says that TB have decreed that all the old stock be sold off at the old price and then the new ooaks will be the new price.

According to her there is still an 'astonishing' amount of tibetian ooaks to be sold Very Happy Good luck there Fable.

Has anyone else heard that the newbies will be 'big hole' to make them other brand compatible?

I will eat my entire collection of TB pouches before I buy an increased price ooak.
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Post by Brightonbelle Thu Apr 14, 2011 1:12 pm

I am happy to buy some more Tibetan OOAKs if they have any of the nicer ones left and I can have them for £5.
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Post by lecohen Fri Apr 15, 2011 2:05 pm

Hi all, Newbie here from another forum, some may recognise my user name :-) - I agree that I will only pay that much if absolutely exceptional!
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Post by Fleur Fri Apr 15, 2011 3:34 pm

Monkey wrote:The day before yesterday I received an email from Trollbeads Italy.

"We are excited to inform you that from now on, the unique glass and amber beads gain even more value, not only because of a slight price increase but rather thanks to a new design that makes them even more attractive, more special.
Please note that if you are lucky enough to have a single bead on your bracelet, it has just acquired value!
Since 11 April, the unique glass and amber beads, only available at premium retailers, will cost € 39 each. "


lol! Hey, that's a good one lol!
Finally something else than "the prices for gold/ silver/ production costs/ whatever have gone up".

It has been a piece of glass, it is a piece of glass and it will be a piece of glass - to increase the "value" by raising the price is just ridiculous. Good luck with this kind of marketing strategy (makes me wonder, what TB is thinking about their collectors).


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Post by neonfiller Fri Apr 15, 2011 4:35 pm

What a load of @#%#$... very disappointed in TB. Neutral
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Post by Wildthing Fri Apr 15, 2011 4:43 pm

[quote="Fleur"]
Monkey wrote:The day before yesterday I received an email from Trollbeads Italy.

"We are excited to inform you that from now on, the unique glass and amber beads gain even more value, not only because of a slight price increase but rather thanks to a new design that makes them even more attractive, more special.
Please note that if you are lucky enough to have a single bead on your bracelet, it has just acquired value!
Since 11 April, the unique glass and amber beads, only available at premium retailers, will cost € 39 each. "

'Excited to inform' my ar*e, what a crock of sh*t.





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Post by Sherry Fri Apr 15, 2011 8:21 pm

My favorite dealers charge $5 more than regular glass for the OOAK's. I don't mind paying that as I prefer the OOAK's over regular... But we do have some here that charge regular price to 4 times more. My favorite dealers also charge regular price on retired beads, they do not mark them up for profit.
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Post by Fuzzyfeet Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:06 pm

I will eat my entire collection of TB pouches before I buy an increased price ooak.

Laughing Laughing Laughing

I'm going to be chewing for a while Laughing
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Post by Monkey Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:42 am

An hour ago, in the Facebook page Trollbeads Italia have published some photos of some "new" OOAK 2011, you comments, I am speechless ....
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Post by Brightonbelle Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:59 am

Some of them look very nice but lots of them are the same as before and others are really rather dull. They don't look like a new breed of Super Bead to me.
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Post by snowy Tue Apr 19, 2011 12:16 pm

Yeah, I´ve seen the pics. Also new pics from other countries.
What I did not see were NEW OOAKs Evil or Very Mad

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Post by Pond Tue Apr 19, 2011 2:59 pm

My LD has not received any of the "new" ooaks as of yet but she was told that they will all have the "universal" sized cores that the Haitian and charity beads had.

I think this is to draw in the Pandora and Camilla collectors with our much prettier glass and to get them in to see the Troll silvers.
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Post by neonfiller Tue Apr 19, 2011 3:45 pm

I heard that the gold dealers and above still got the small cored beads, and can order the universal beads as well, but silver dealers will only be able to get the larger cores. This is how I interpreted it, but I may be mistaken.
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